The defeat of the Persians in 334 B.C. at that location provided a monumental turning point in the success of Alexander and ...

Stephen Harrison has written what might be called a historiographical biography, as his subtitle suggests. He is vitally concerned with how Alexander has been depicted in both ancient and modern times ...

June 19 -- — Way back in the fourth century B.C., a young Alexander the Great thundered across what is now the Middle East in a bloody mission that ranks among the most brilliant military conquests in ...

Archaeologists in North Macedonia believe they may have found the remains of Lyncus, the lost capital city of Lyncestis that was settled in the mountainous region of Upper Macedonia sometime in the ...

Afghanistan is the most sought-after landmass, perhaps due to its geographical location. From Alexander (I do not write Great ...

Prologue: Persepolis 488 BCE -- Part one: establishing empire -- the Medes and the Persians -- See, the conqu'ring hero comes -- The many deaths-and births-of Cyrus the Great -- The sceptre of Egypt - ...

Alexander the Great and the east : history, art, tradition: an introduction / Krzysztof Nawotka and Agnieszka Wojciechowska -- An Egyptian prince at Alexander's court at Asia? : a new interpretation ...

A grand tomb that may have been built for Alexander the Great's best friend and bodyguard around 2,300 years ago has an astronomical secret: Its burial chamber is aligned so that sunlight enters it on ...

In June 323 BCE, in the palace of King Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon, the most powerful man in the world died. Just 13 days earlier, Alexander the Great—the greatest conqueror the world had seen—had ...

Famed historical figure Alexander the Great has long been rumoured to be gay. If you’ve found this article, no doubt you’re wondering what the truth is about his sexuality. Maybe we can help shed some ...